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Millbrook, Cornwall [88]

Millbrook, Cornwall, England [2]

Dodbrooke Millbrook, Cornwall [1]

Maker Millbrook, Cornwall [1]

Millbrook near Plymouth, Cornwall [1]

Millbrook, Cawsand, Cornwall [1]

Millbrook, near St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [3]

Private [3]

Leading Seaman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Boatswain [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

ERA 3rd Class [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Ledger Clerk [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

HMS LION [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS Suffolk [2]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

HM Submarine E36 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Dolphin [1]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HMS Ganges II [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS Niobe [1]

HMS Pactolus [1]

HMS Superb [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

RNVR Bristol [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Women's Royal Naval Service [1]

Service

Royal Navy [85]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

British Army [4]

Last name first letter

C [12]

H [10]

P [10]

S [9]

B [8]

W [8]

F [6]

D [5]

T [5]

M [4]

G [3]

L [3]

N [3]

A [2]

E [2]

J [2]

R [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [91]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [95] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Millbrook, Cornwall [88] Millbrook, Cornwall, England [2] Dodbrooke Millbrook, Cornwall [1] Maker Millbrook, Cornwall [1] Millbrook near Plymouth, Cornwall [1] Millbrook, Cawsand, Cornwall [1] Millbrook, near St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [3] Private [3] Leading Seaman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Boatswain [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] ERA 3rd Class [1] ERA 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Leading Stoker [1] Ledger Clerk [1] Petty Officer [1] Rifleman [1] Ship's Steward's Assistant [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

HMS LION [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS Suffolk [2] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] HM Submarine E36 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Dolphin [1] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1] HMS Ganges II [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS Niobe [1] HMS Pactolus [1] HMS Superb [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Vindictive [1] HMS Vivid II [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] London Regiment [1] RNVR Bristol [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Women's Royal Naval Service [1]

Service

Royal Navy [85] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] British Army [4]

Last name first letter

C [12] H [10] P [10] S [9] B [8] W [8] F [6] D [5] T [5] M [4] G [3] L [3] N [3] A [2] E [2] J [2] R [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [91] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Louis Harris

Born 1881

British Army A/200543 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion

British Army 5418 Rifleman London Regiment

British Army A/200543 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

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William John Doney

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 22088 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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John Poole

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 315061

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Edward Bickford

Died 1916

British Army 15376 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Francis Webber

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 34932 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Bertram Cecil Pote

Born 1890

Died 1917

Royal Navy 238217 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy 238217 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy 238217 Ordinary Seaman HMS Niobe

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Charles Edward Strevens

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 233534

Royal Navy Boatswain HMS Superb

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Ethel Mary Westlake

Born 1895

Royal Navy G4363 Ledger Clerk Women's Royal Naval Service HMS Apollo [former cruiser converted to mine-layer]

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Henry Ellis

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191392

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William James Sharp

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243593

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William James Nicholls

Born 1873

Died 1914

Royal Navy 170482 Chief Stoker HMS Good Hope

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Albert Alfred Hudson

Born 1891

Royal Navy K4817 Leading Stoker HMS LION

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William Sidney Harris

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy K22237 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Monmouth

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William George Vigus

Born 1897

Royal Navy Bristol Z/1088 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/1088 Able Seaman RNVR Bristol

Royal Navy K32844 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hindustan

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Joseph Symons Marshall

Born 1881

Royal Navy 345514

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Charles Thomas Bond

Born 1889

Royal Navy M13708 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS LION

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Lewis Frederick Price

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 344426 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS Monmouth

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Frederick Joseph Daw

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236766

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Thomas Partridge

Born 1888

Royal Navy 309696

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Richard Fiddick Landrey

Born 1884

Royal Navy 342967

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